Buckled roadway closes interstate near Atlanta

April 17, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia - Crews assess the damage done to I-20 WB after the road buckled in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 17, 2017. On the morning of April 17th a section of I-20 WB near the Gresham Road exit buckled. According to Dekalb County Fire Department PIO Eric Jackson there were private contractors working on a gas pipe running underneath the interstate. The private contractors were filling the pipe with cement when pressure started building up. According to Jackson the buckle acted as a pressure release valve. According to WSB-TV, they were told the rise of concrete was gradual and not sudden. In addition to all west bound lanes being closed while crews assess the situation, a motorcyclist may have crashed after running into the buckle, the driver of the motorcycle was taken to a local area hospital. (HENRY TAYLOR / HENRY.TAYLOR@AJC.COM)

By
Ellen Eldridge and Eric Stirgus, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga.
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All lanes on a stretch of Interstate 20 West in DeKalb County, Georgia, were closed Monday after the highway buckled, police said.